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发表于 2004-7-2 21:20:00 | 只看该作者

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167.       Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes and so were probably without language, a shortcoming that may explain why they were supplanted by our own species.


(A) Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes


(B) Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape’s


(C) The vocal tracts of Neanderthals resembled an ape’s


(D) The Neanderthal’s vocal tracts resembled the apes’B


(E) The vocal tracts of the Neanderthals resembled those of the apes


我的问题是,如果按照对称,B用the apes或apes更好呢?

沙发
发表于 2004-7-2 22:41:00 | 只看该作者

问题是这里用a vocal tract比vocal tracts好。所以用an ape, 不用复数.

The sentence requires a subject appropriate to both members of a compound predicate, the second member being and so were probably without language. B, the best choice, logically uses Neanderthals as the subject. Choice A also uses this subject, but the plural pronoun those does not agree with its singular antecedent, a vocal tract. C, D, and E present the inappropriate subject vocal tracts, which cannot logically govern the second member of the predicate (i.e., vocal tracts cannot be said to be without language). Moreover, it is better to use the singular in referring to an anatomical feature common to an entire species; C, D, and E use the plural vocal tracts. D compounds the problem by giving multiple vocal tracts to one Neanderthal.

板凳
 楼主| 发表于 2004-7-2 23:26:00 | 只看该作者

不是阿

这是指 those of the apes 中的vocal tract 要复数,没有说民族

是不是an ape是固定用法呢?or the other..

地板
发表于 2004-7-2 23:59:00 | 只看该作者

如果说a vocal tract of apes, 我觉得会有歧义。"所有apes的一个vocal tract", 好像所有的apes只有一个vocal tract。

不过话说回来,Neanderthals had a vocal tract 是不是也有这样的歧义,我也不太清楚。

召唤牛牛!

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发表于 2005-6-28 21:38:00 | 只看该作者

这题真是让人犯晕~

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发表于 2006-3-1 20:00:00 | 只看该作者
以下是引用rhod在2004-7-2 23:59:00的发言:

如果说a vocal tract of apes, 我觉得会有歧义。"所有apes的一个vocal tract", 好像所有的apes只有一个vocal tract。


不过话说回来,Neanderthals had a vocal tract 是不是也有这样的歧义,我也不太清楚。


召唤牛牛!


我不是牛牛~~但我認為an ape's中的an ape是一種全體總稱的方式! 例如:A dog is a faithful animal. 這裡的A=any  所以 an ape是表猿人的全體總稱~與單複數無關

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发表于 2007-9-10 11:14:00 | 只看该作者
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发表于 2008-11-10 00:46:00 | 只看该作者
如果were指的是neanderthals,就是表示neanderthals是复数,那复数名词neanderthals怎么had a vocal tract,共用一个???
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发表于 2009-8-21 23:03:00 | 只看该作者

(A) Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apesthose 错误指代a vocal tract
   

还是不明白为什么those指代错误

我当时做题时这样想,Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes   those= vocal tracts

还原就是Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled vocal tracts of the apes  

意思是说Neanderthals的vocal tract与apes的那些vocal tracts相似

这样好像觉得A选项没什么问题

当还时觉得B的ape's的所有格不合适,于是就排除B选了A,结果错了。

看了OG解释,还是不明白为什么those指代错误

望NN指点

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